Spathicarpa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Araceae
Subfamilia: Aroideae
Tribus: Spathicarpeae
Genus: Spathicarpa
Species: S. gardneri – S. hastifolia – S. lanceolata
Name

Spathicarpa Hook., Bot. Misc. 2: 146 (1831)

Type species: Spathicarpa hastifolia Hook., Bot. Misc. 2: 147 (1831)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Aropsis Rojas, Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 28: 158 (1918).

References

Hooker, W.J. 1831. Botanical Miscellany London 2: 146
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Spathicarpa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Spathicarpa. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 17 2014.
Tropicos.org 2014. Spathicarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Nov. 17.

Spathicarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, all of which are endemic to South America.[1] Spathicarpa species are notable for the fact that the entirety of their spadix is fused to the spathe. The genus is believed to be closely related to Spathantheum. The tribe Spathicarpeae is named after the genus Spathicarpa.[3][4][5]
Species

Spathicarpa gardneri Schott - Brazil
Spathicarpa hastifolia Hook. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
Spathicarpa lanceolata Engl. - Paraguay, southern Brazil

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Aropsis
Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.
Croat, T. B. & D. Mount. 1988. Araceae. [11:] 1–46. In G. F. Bocquet & M. R. Crosby (eds.) Flora del Paraguay. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève & Missouri Botanical Garden, Geneva & St. Louis